HB4622ham002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 4/12/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4622

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4622, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School District Mandate Task Force Act.

Section 5. School District Mandate Task Force.

(a) The School District Mandate Task Force is created for the purpose of conducting a Statewide study to determine the information and data sets needed to establish a system that provides a timely and reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal, operational, and other impacts that a bill filed in the General Assembly imposes or may impose through mandates on a local school district.

(b) Members appointed to the Task Force shall reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. Membership of the Task Force shall be as follows:

(1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;

(3) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(4) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

(5) the State Superintendent or the State Superintendent's designee;

(6) one member who represents a Statewide professional teachers' organization, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(7) one member who represents a different Statewide professional teachers' organization, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(8) one member from a Statewide organization representing school principals, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(9) one member from a Statewide organization representing school administrators, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(10) one member representing a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(11) one member of an association representing rural and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(12) one member from a Statewide organization representing school districts in the southern suburbs of the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(13) one member from a Statewide organization representing large unit school districts, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(14) one member from a Statewide organization representing school districts in the collar counties of the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education;

(15) one member representing a Statewide organization representing school boards, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; and

(16) one member representing the State Board of Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.

(c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.

(d) The State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force.

(e) The Task Force shall first meet no later than July 15, 2024, at the call of the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force, who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of Education.

Section 10. Report. The Task Force shall submit its final report, including model language that may be used as legislation, to the General Assembly and the State Board of Education on or before November 15, 2024 and, upon the filing of its final report, the Task Force is dissolved.

Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2025.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".